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Steve Katzman

Partner @ Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP | Trial Practice, Litigation

San Clemente, California

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Specialties & Experience

Bankruptcy

About Steve Katzman

Name Partner at nationally recognized trial boutique firm. Former Federal Prosecutor and United States Trustee for 5 federal judicial districts, with over 35 years of experience in complex insolvency, federal, white collar and commercial litigation. - United States Trustee for the Central and Southern Districts of California, the Districts of Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, responsible for oversight over 120 employees in 5 offices and of over 100,000 bankruptcy cases filed annually. Cases included administration of San Diego Diocese, Hawaiian Airlines, Death Row Records, and Metabolife. - Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, Major Frauds Unit. Established and managed a new office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Pursued numerous trials and appeals, including the prosecution of attorneys, accountants, and corporate officers for embezzlement, concealment of assets and tax offenses, complex bank and mail fraud cases and death threats to a federal bankruptcy judge. - Over two decades in private practice, addressing the needs of clients in often time sensitive, distressing issues. Representation in some of the nation’s largest and high profile matters, including: family members of a feeder in fund in the Bernie Madoff case; the FDIC in the Washington Mutual Bank Receivership, the committee of retired employees, representing the over 2,000 retirees in the San Bernardino municipal bankruptcy, the trustee of one of the nation’s largest law firm bankruptcies, resolving alleged issues in administration of case; a prominent large law firm, resolving multiple lawsuits and claims across the nation; one of the largest debt buyers in the United States, resolving an investigation by the Justice Department; one of the most prominent names in the gaming industry, addressing multiple matters on his behalf across the United States. - Designated as an expert witness in several cases, including both a federal government agency and the California State Bar.- Recognized by both Best Lawyers® and Super Lawyers® for several years, selected by Best Lawyers® as 2013 Lawyer of the Year in the practice of Litigation-Bankruptcy in Orange County, California. - Speaker at many national and regional legal associations, including the American Bankruptcy Institute, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the California State Bar, and the Justice Department’s national training facilities.

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San Clemente, California

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